Caddy fixture



arch 31, 1936.

E. ALLEN 2,035,935

CADDY FIXTURE Filed Jan. 17, 1935 INVENTORI $1M aw/ 4L. ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE OADDY FIXTURE corporation of Ohio Application January 17, 1935, Serial No. 2,217

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in caddy fixtures, and more particularly to a fixture whose shelves are provided with removable means for holding caddies of different lengths, with their fronts in alinement with each other.

In fixtures such as cake racks, it is desirable to support the caddies with their fronts in alinement, thus promoting a pleasing and uniform display of the cakes or other goods which they contain. Caddies of normal length will be so supported by the shelves of the fixture, but those of short or medium sizes would be held in set-back positions if no means were provided to line up their fronts with those of the regular or normal size. Therefore, I have provided removable holding means insertible in slotted portions of the shelves to engage beneath the flanged portions of the caddy fronts to hold them in alinement with the fronts of the other caddies on the same shelf. A uniform and pleasing row of caddy fronts on each shelf is thus assured.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cake rack, showing my means for alining the fronts of caddies adapted to be supported thereby. Figure 2 is a crosssectional view taken through the same, showing caddies of various lengths supported thereby, with the fronts of the caddies on each shelf alined with each other. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, showing how the flanged front of a caddy is fitted over one of the T-plates that is inserted under a raised portion of the caddy shelf. Figure 4 is a top plan view of one of the T-plates inserted at its rear end under a raised portion of a fixture shelf. And Figure 5 is a perspective view of a front edge portion of said shelf, showing its raised T-plate receiving portion.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a detailed description of my invention, the numeral I designates a fixture which in this instance is a cake rack having two inclined caddy-supporting shelves 2, 2 with a capacity of three caddies each. My invention is equally applicable to fixture having a larger number of shelves of lengths to support a greater or less number of caddies.

For the purpose of alining the fronts of the caddies placed upon each shelf 2, irrespective of their lengths, I have provided the following means. Near its front edge each shelf is formed with raised portions 3, one for each space occupied by a caddy. Adapted to be inserted or slipped under each raised portion 3 of either shelf 2 of the fixture I, is the inner portion 4 of a T or tongue plate 5.

When the cross or outer part of the T-plate 5 has been moved inwardly a sufficient distance to engage the raised portion 3 of the shelf, it is ready to be used in holding a caddy in a frontalined position on that shelf. The caddy itself co-operates with the T-plate in achieving this result, for it has a metal frame front 6 that is provided with an inwardly projecting flange 1 which embraces the cardboard body portion 8. (See Figure 3). The T-plate 5 projects into the space between this fiange l and the bottom of the caddy itself, as shown in Figure 3, until it engages the vertical part of the front frame. Thereafter the caddy can move back on the shelf no further, being thereby alined at its front portion with the front portions of other caddies so mounted on the shelf, or with the fronts of those caddies of normal length which are limited in their rearward movement by an angle iron 9 that is connected between the sides of the fixture.

When the caddies are of normal size, like the caddies l and H in Figure 2, it is not necessary to use the tongue-plates 5, for such caddies will be alined by the fixed angle irons 9 that engage their rear top portions. (See Figure 2). It is only when caddies similar to the caddies I2 and I3, which are less than the normal length, are mounted on the shelves, that the T-plates are inserted below the raised shelf portions to aline the fronts of these caddies with those of regular size on the same shelf. It is therefore unnecessary to permanently alfix a T-plate at each caddy space on a shelf, since they are not needed when the caddies are of the regular size. If needed to aline caddies of the short sizes, they can be easily inserted under the raised portions of the shelves for this purpose. While there is such a raised portion at each caddy space on the shelves of the fixture, it is only necessary to keep a small number of these T-plates on hand for use at the desired places.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a fixture including a shelf for supporting caddies with flanged fronts, a raised portion on said shelf at each caddy space thereon, and a caddy-alining tongue insertible under each raised portion for engagement with the caddy front to limit its inward movement on said shelf.

2. In a fixture including an inclined shelf for supporting caddies with flanged fronts, a raised portion on said shelf at each caddy space thereon, and a T-plate insertible under each raised portion for engagement with the caddy front to limit its inward movement on said shelf.

ERHARD ALLEN. 

